name: Blue Whiting

flavor_db_name_variants: blue whiting

source: foodb

status: draft

food_db_id: Blue whiting

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name_scientific: Micromesistius poutassou

description: The blue whiting, Micromesistius poutassou, one of the two species in the genus Micromesistius in the cod family, is common in the northeast Atlantic Ocean from Morocco to Iceland and Spitsbergen. It also occurs in the northern parts of the Mediterranean, where it may be locally abundant. Blue whiting also occur in the northwest Atlantic Ocean between Canada and Greenland, but is considered rare. It has a long, narrow body and a silvery underbody. The fish can attain a length of more than 40 cm. The average length of blue whiting caught off the west shores of the UK is 31 cm. A related species, southern blue whiting, Micromesistius australis, occurs in the Southern Hemisphere.

itis_id: 164774

wikipedia_id: Blue whiting

picture_file_name: 581.jpg

picture_content_type: image/jpeg

picture_file_size: 55087

picture_updated_at: 2012-04-20T09:38:23.000Z

legacy_id: 608

food_group: Aquatic foods

food_subgroup: Fishes

food_type: Type 1

created_at: 2011-02-09T00:37:49.000Z

updated_at: 2019-05-14T18:05:27.000Z

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updater_id: null

export_to_afcdb: false

category: specific

ncbi_taxonomy_id: 81636

export_to_foodb: true

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